Academy unveils effort to fight Mafia’s ‘deviant spirituality’ of Mary Given the many criminal organisations and gangs worldwide that have distorted the true role and image of Mary, a pontifical academy has unveiled a new department dedicated to fighting “this deviant spirituality”. The Pontifical Marian International Academy will be working with the Italian government and law enforcement…
Herbert McCabe. Recollecting a fragmented legacy by Franco Manni, foreward by David B. Burrell (Cascade Books, £50.00/$26.98) Frank Litton One man in his time can touch many minds and souls. Anthony Kenny, Alasdair MacIntyre, Stanley Hauerwas, David B. Burrell, Brian Davies, Rowan Williams, Denys Turner, are among today’s most eminent philosophers and theologians. All have produced…
WHO leader supports Pope’s call for fair access to vaccine The head of the World Health Organization, which has been strongly advocating rapid, fair, and equitable access to potential Covid-19 vaccines worldwide, has voiced support for Pope Francis’ similar call for global protections. The Pope made appeals both on Twitter and at his weekly general…
Parents to be reimbursed for alternative school transport if students unable to social distance Minister for Education Norma Foley has announced that parents whose children cannot social distance on school buses can be reimbursed for organising alternative transport. The Department of Education has scrapped plans to run buses at full capacity for secondary school students…
Dear Editor, I cannot be alone in noticing a worrisome phenomenon amongst some people who describe themselves as Catholics to reject and denigrate all legitimate authority within the life of the Church. This used to be a phenomenon exclusive to those who would view themselves on the ‘left’ of the Church rejecting such teachings as…
Christians must resist the temptation to be harsh and judgemental, Bishop Donal McKeown has said. Speaking at the weekend, he likened some of the secular behaviour in modern Ireland to that of the religious hypocrites at the time of Christ. “Our secular world is very prone to precisely that Pharisaic desire to label people as…
The Irish Spirit – Issue No. 12 They celebrate the divine presence already in our hearts From the book Treasured and Transformed by Daniel O’Leary It is common, unfortunately, for preachers to talk about the sacraments in terms of offering grace to graceless people. This presumes, to a greater or lesser extent, that those who…
A senior Catholic aid worker said humanitarian conditions are deteriorating in eastern Ukraine and urged Western governments and Churches not to forget the continuing six-year conflict. “We thought we’d overcome war in Europe, but a whole growing generation here now knows only war – teenagers who look like teenagers everywhere, but will tell you how…
The Irish Spirit – Issue No. 12 From the book Beautiful Thoughts for Beautiful Minds by John Scally The late Pope John Paul I was known as the ‘smiling Pope’. Desmond Tutu is the laughing archbishop – a man who wears his humanity on his sleeve. When I was a boy, one of my…
Jesuit Fr James Martin will deliver an invocation at the Democratic National Convention this week where former Vice President Joe Biden will accept his party’s formal nomination for president of the United States. Fr Martin, an editor-at-large at America Magazine and one of the most well-known American priests on social media, will also be joined by a rabbi and an…